Destinations‎: ‎ Yen Duc Village

Yen Duc village is located on the way between Hanoi and Halong Bay creating a convenient stop place for tourists taking time to visit the village.

This is one of the villages in the Delta still remains typical tradition. The local people keep their life in closer with rice cultivation and farming activities. Passing through the village, visitors still find the charming rice field, local house and garden, friendly locals working in their farm…

The Red Dragon arrange for all tourists using shuttle bus round trip Hanoi and Halong Bay to visit and enjoy water puppet show in Yen Duc village. The show performs in 30 minutes and applies for shuttle bus stop from Halong Bay to Hanoi. Arrive Hanoi around 5:30 pm.

• Staying overnight in Yen Duc village is available at Viet Village House with design concept following Vietnamese traditional style. Cycling to discover peaceful village, talking with local people and visit their family house should amaze you with lot of cultural sense and fun. Besides that, joining local activities (fishing, gardening, making floating cakes…) bring you close to real experience of local life.
• You can choose Bai Tu Long Bay – Yen Duc village 3 day 2 night package, offering visitors not only off the beaten track experience to Bai Tu Long Bay but a great inside to rural area in Vietnam with their unique tradition. Saving your time to visit fantastic natural landscape of Halong Bay and peaceful life in Vietnamese village, this tour is a great experience that should not be missed.

Others

• Cong Dam Area
• Halong Bay
• Quan Lan Island
• Thien Canh Son cave
• Vung Vieng Fishing Village
• Yen Duc Village

More details at http://www.reddragoncruise.com/destinations/yenduc

Yen Duc Village

Yen Duc village is in Dong Trieu town and 60km West of Halong city. The village was recognized as a national relic in 1993.

Yen Duc is a beautiful village with poetic scenery, charming rivers, historical mountains and sacred legends and relics related to Ly and Tran dynasty.

Considered as a “Stone wall” under the war, the village was a cradle of revolutionary movements with many brave, ingenious heroes and local people sacrificed to protect their hometown. Over the years, their names are still alive together with each famous mountain, river and pieces of land here.

Similar to other rustic countryside, the local people here are very diligent, gentle and optimistic.

Currently, Yen Duc village is one of the few villages in the Delta still retain traditional agricultural features and beauty with the golden rice fields in harvesting time, the gardens of areca trees in the sun and the ponds below the green gourd platforms

Yen Duc village is also rich in traditions with many festivals are held in the every first lunar month. From generation to generation, the local people preserve the fine tradition of re-remembering the source while drinking water.

Festivals are events which represent this tradition of the community as well as honor the holy figures named as Gods the real persons in national history or legendary persons who had merits to the community and their hometown.

Reason to visit

Beautiful village with mountains, rice fields, river. Charming Yen Duc village contained his idyllic life of the villagers. Surrounding the village is peaceful Kinh Thay River, the lives of local people with the immense rice fields, vegetable gardens, fish ponds, elegant village roads. Peaceful life in the countryside brings emotions to visitors, getting away from the noisy life outside.

A traditional agricultural village in the North of Vietnam, Yen Duc village is one of the villages in the Delta still remains typical tradition. The local people keep their life in closer with rice cultivation and farming activities. Passing through the village, visitors still find the charming rice field, local house and garden, friendly locals working in their farm…

Experience the real life of locals, joining the trip to Yen Duc village you will not only observe the local life but also experience farming activities as a true locals, catching fishes, gardening…

Saving time to discover village after Halong Bay tour, Yen Duc village is located on the way from Halong Bay to Hanoi, creating a convenient stop place for tourists taking time to visit the village. You can select the 2 hour tour or 5,5 hour tour for your own experience, two destination in one itinerary.

Support to local community, Yen Duc village tour promotes local community and culture. Our mission is to support local people to preserve their tradition, have better living standard based on agriculture development with the combination of tourism activities.

 

At a glance for Yen Duc

• Activities
  • Visit pagoda
• The village
  • Canh Huong pagoda
  • Historical Monument
  • Local Houses
  • Quan Ho singing
  • Vegettable Garden

 

More details at http://www.reddragoncruise.com/village

Yen Duc Village‎: ‎The village

Yen Duc Village is about 60km to the west of Halong Bay on the way from & to Hanoi. Yen Duc Village is a typical Vietnamese agricultural village which is rich in culture and traditions, it is also granted with beautiful landscape. The village is surrounded by the historical mountains which are mirrored themselves in the Kinh Thay river. Also, similar to other typical traditional Vietnamese village in the North of Vietnam, Yen Duc Village has charming golden rice fields in the harvest time, a lot of lakes and ponds, colorful garden, especially the ranges of areca trees in the sunshine.

Yen Duc Village has many historical monuments and a famous ancient pagoda named Canh Huong which contains cultural and historical values dated back to Ly and Tran dynasty. Over the years, the stories are still alive together with each famous mountain, river and pieces of land here.

In the village, all the alley roads are very clean with unique stone walls, especially the local villagers are very friendly, honest and extremely hospitable.

Joining a trip to Yen Duc village is a great chance to visit the charming fields, a holy pagoda, a historical site and other relic sites while wandering narrow alleyways in the odorous fresh air and talking with hospitable local people. With a convenience graphic location, Yen Duc Village is an ideal tourist site with unique experience for the customers after Halong Bay.

What to do Visit pagoda Places to go Canh Huong pagoda Historical Monument Local Houses Quan Ho singing Vegettable Garden

More details at http://www.reddragoncruise.com/village/the-village

Yen Duc Village‎: ‎Vegettable Garden

Vietnam culture is built on the agricultural civilization. Vietnam's life associated with village. Vietnam traditional village with green bamboo, thatched roof and a plow had become so familiar in the heart of Vietnam.

Like many other villages in Viet Nam, Yen Duc is an agricultural village should not be missing the rice fields. Rice associated with Vietnam especially the farmers. Rice brings not only fulfilled but also the beauty of cultural life. Rice, conical hats, hardworking farmers is indispensable picture of the village in Vietnam now and forever.

Besides the rice fields, the image of a vegetable garden is also sticked with Vietnamese villages. This is an important part of the house in the countryside, provided vegetables and may be improved living environment; creating open space for the house, especially in addition to shows household’s character. In the garden, people plant many kinds of vegetables, herbs ... which is extremely close and practical for the daily life of local people, such as:

Water spinach: A specific vegetable of Yen Duc village. Called by many names as water spinach, water Morning glory is often grown in the tropics and subtropics. Does anybody remember the spinach comes from; it is grown in water or in mud. People often fried with garlic. It is also indispensable dish in the meals of the people of Vietnam. 

So as a sentence going:

Home to his memory

Remembering, morning glory soup and sour egg-plants with soya sauce

Gourd espalier: Its’ image sticked with the Viemam villages. Gourd is used in soup - is delicious and cool in summer. Gourd can be boiled, stir fried with shrimp or beef; cooked soup with shrimp, crab or mussels. All these simple went into the poetry and becoming a memory of all people:

Shrimp cooked with gourd

The couples (the husband & the wife) give good compliment

Moreover, in sense of Vietnam, gourd espalier is also a symbol of the faithful, happiness in each family.

Corn: Corn is one of the main crops of Vietnam. It is used for soup, sticky corn, pop-corn… or can be used in processing food for livestock and poultry.

More details at http://www.reddragoncruise.com/village/the-village/vegettable-garden